obama for missing the legal dead line to release a budget. both could spark a bitter partisan standoff. >> dean heller, a member of no labels campaign, a group that promotes bipartisanship. not an easy hall. >> great to be on the show with you. thank you very much. >> i want to start with the issue of guns. yesterday, the president called for something interesting. he wants congress to at least vote on an assault weapons ban. at least vote on the idea of banning these semi automatic weapons. you think congress owes that to him to vote on the subject? >> he has a no guns, no budget policy moving forward, and i don't understand either one of those. i think we ought to bring these issues to the table. let's discuss about -- let's have a discussion about guns, but have the same discussions about mental health, violence on tv, the movies and video games. bring it to the table. if it's about assault rifles, just about guns this is all political, and i think most people see it as being political. we need a much broader discussion than banning certai